Freedom Scientific FSCast

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The official podcast of Freedom Scientific, leaders in assistive technology for blind people and those with low vision. Hosted by Glen Gordon, FSCast features news, interviews, and product demonstrations relating to Freedom Scientific products such as JAWS and ZoomText. FSCast is a great way to make the most of the products you have as well as learning about what's new and what's around the corner.

Episode Date
FSCast #252: The Next Big Thing 2024 Final
Dec 05, 2024
FSCast #251. Highlights of FSOpenLine For November 2024
Nov 27, 2024
FSCast #250. On Sports, Paralympics And Access Technology
Oct 30, 2024
FSCast 249. Product updates, private Betas and a visit with Eric Damery
Sep 25, 2024
FSCast 248, Back to School: Prizes, Math And More
Aug 28, 2024
FSCast 247, An Interview With Oleg Shevkun, and Mohammed Laachir Discusses Our New AI Features
Jul 31, 2024
FSCast246, a visit with Dr. Tim Cordes, plus Crystal Jones talks about Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk
Jun 26, 2024
FSCast 245, a demo of PictureSmart chat, all about NLS, and a visit with Gordon Legge
May 29, 2024
FSCast 244, a visit with Ana González Arean, plus Nicky Gillies and Cathy Miller from the Louisiana DeafBlind project
Apr 24, 2024
FSCast 243, archive of the March 2024 FSOpenLine
Apr 10, 2024
FSCast 242, a demo of PictureSmart AI, and a visit with Anil Lewis
Mar 27, 2024
FSCast 241, all about accessible gaming
Feb 28, 2024
FSCast 240, a visit with Doug Geoffray, and a demo of the Bitwarden password manager
Jan 31, 2024
FSCast 239, archive of the November 2023 FSOpenLine
Dec 27, 2023
FSCast 238, archive of the Next Big Thing finale
Nov 29, 2023
FSCast 237, a visit with Pete Torpey, plus all about Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students
Oct 26, 2023
FSCast 236, a visit with Catherine Getchell, plus a focus on APH Career Connect
Sep 27, 2023
FSCast 235, archive of the August 2023 FSOpenLine
Sep 13, 2023
FSCast 234, a Demo of JAWS Face In View, and an interview with Billy Henry of the Northwest Association for Blind Athletes
Aug 30, 2023
FSCast 233, Andrew Leland's new book "The Country of the Blind," plus accessible manufacturing at The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc.
Jul 26, 2023
FSCast 232, a demo of the new Message Center, and a visit with JAWS developer Brett Lewis
Jun 28, 2023
FSCast 231, archive of the May 2023 FSOpenLine
Jun 22, 2023
FSCast 230, Major Scotty Smiley discusses his life, and Dr. Michele McDonnall with results of the AT In The Workplace study
May 31, 2023
FSCast 229,An Interview with Mandy Van Cleave, an overview of Text Viewer, and how to write compelling bug reports
Apr 26, 2023
FSCast 228, An Interview with Donovan Tildesley, and an overview of using Visual Studio Code
Mar 29, 2023
FSCast 227, archive of the February 2023 FSOpenLine
Mar 14, 2023
FSCast 226, Software developer Andre Polykanine, plus Sasha Hordiiko & Igor Kushnir from the Ukrainian Association of the Blind
Feb 22, 2023
FSCast 225, Bill McCann of Dancing Dots, & Campbell Rutherford, a former Student Of The Month
Jan 25, 2023
FSCast 224, archive of the November 2022 FSOpenLine
Dec 14, 2022
FSCast 223, Kim Charlson & Thomas Reid discuss the 2022 Audio Description Awards
Nov 30, 2022
FSCast 222, A demo of how to customize notifications using regular expressions, and Leona Godin discusses her book There Plant Eyes
Oct 26, 2022
FSCast 221, Christine Ha talks about her career as a blind chef, and Judy Dixon discusses her book "Formatting Documents For Appearance"
Sep 28, 2022
FSCast 220, Archive of the August 2022 FSOpenLine
Sep 14, 2022
FSCast 219, Ryan Jones previews our 2023 software public betas, and we meet Svetlana, Freedom Scientific’s July Student Of The Month
Aug 31, 2022
FSCast 218, Eric Damery shares stories about his 28 year career advocating for our software
Jul 27, 2022
FSCast 217, archive of the June 2022 FSOpenLine
Jul 13, 2022
FSCast 216, A Demo of the JAWS Notification History Manager, and a visit with Richard Oehm
Jun 29, 2022
FSCast 215, Joe Stephen, long time JAWS developer, and Toby Willis, Senior Product Manager for Inclusive Travel at Expedia
May 25, 2022
FSCast 214, Adrian Amandi discusses the upcoming National Coding Symposium, and a visit with Gary O'Donoghue, Chief North America Political Correspondent for BBC News
Apr 27, 2022
FSCast 213, Dr. Robert Englebretson discusses his ongoing research about how Braille is taught
Mar 30, 2022
FSCast 212, archive of the February 2022 FSOpenLine
Mar 10, 2022
FSCast 211, Chancey Fleet talks training workshops offered by the New York Public Library, and an intro to working at the Windows Command Prompt
Feb 23, 2022
FSCast 210, Marine Biologist Maureen Hayden, plus Independence Science making experiments accessible
Jan 26, 2022
FSCast 209, Ryan Jones' Christmas light show, and international blindness advocate Pedro Zurita
Dec 23, 2021
FSCast 208, archive of December 2021 FSOpenLine
Dec 13, 2021
FSCast 207, What's new in Windows 11, Cassandra McNabb McKinney interview
Nov 24, 2021
FSCast 206, Accessible McDonald's order kiosks
Oct 27, 2021
FSCast 205, More with Eric Damery about new product features, and a visit with stenographer Daniele Casarola
Sep 29, 2021
FSCast 204 - Archive of FSOpenLine, August 2021
Sep 15, 2021
FSCast 203, Eric Damery with news about new 2022 product features, and a visit with Cory Jackson
Aug 31, 2021
FSCast 202, Financial Educator Chris Peterson, Plus Emoji Accessibility with Garreth Tigwell and Benjamin Gorman
Jul 28, 2021
FSCast 201, Judy Dixon discusses her new book about audio description, and a visit with blind math professor Betsey Doane
Jun 23, 2021
FSCast 200, archive of the May 2021 FSOpenLine
Jun 10, 2021
FSCast 199, Glen Gordon's speech at National Coding Symposium, and Spanish Localizer Rocio Casati
May 26, 2021
FSCast 198, how GLAS Education developed an accessible astronomy curriculum, and a visit with GPS pioneer Mike May
Apr 28, 2021
FSCast 197, Manuel Cortez, creator of TWBlue, and Michael Hudson, Director of accessibility Services at MSU
Mar 25, 2021
FSCast 196 - FSOpenLine, February 2021
Mar 11, 2021
FSCast 195, Civil rights activist Ever Lee Hairston, and O&M instructor Lil Deverell
Feb 24, 2021
FSCast 194, Braille Transcriber Matthew Horspool and Duxbury Software creator Joe Sullivan
Jan 27, 2021
FSCast 193, Student Of The Month Taylor Cox, and JAWS developer Mohammed Laachir
Dec 22, 2020
FsCast 192, archive of FSOpenLine from November 2020
Dec 04, 2020
FSCast 191, all about Computers For The Blind, and an interview with JAWS scripter Doug Lee
Nov 25, 2020
FSCast 190, Rachael Bradley Montgomery talks about accessible escape rooms, and Ed Potter tells the story of Playback Magazine
Oct 28, 2020
FSCast 189, A demonstration of new features in JAWS and Fusion 2021, and David Kingsbury's new book "When One Web Browser Is Not Enough"
Sep 23, 2020
FSCast 188, archive of the August 2020 FSOpenLine
Sep 08, 2020
FSCast 187 - Dan Clark, the long time voice of JAWS training, and Laura Wolk, the first blind woman to clerk for a Supreme Court Justice
Aug 26, 2020
FSCast 186, Blindness consultant Joe Strechay, a new Freedom Scientific Training podcast, and a demo of the JAWS feature to prevent speech cut off
Jul 22, 2020
FSCast 185, A profile of musician and longtime JAWS scripter Dave Leo Baker, Using Reaper for audio production, features in the June product updates, and U.S. summer product specials.
Jun 23, 2020
FSCast 184, archive of the May 2020 FSOpenLine
Jun 02, 2020
FSCast 183, using the SAS Graphics accelerator to listen to graphs and charts
May 13, 2020
FSCast 182, NFB president Mark Riccobono, and ACB president Dan Spoone on coping with COVID-19
Mar 31, 2020
FSCast 181, Freedom Scientific sessions at the CSUN technology conference, a power tip, and a discussion about the latest generation of ElBraille
Mar 09, 2020
FSCast 180, archive of the February 2020 FSOpenLine
Mar 02, 2020
FSCast 179, CSUN technology conference coming in March, product updates in early February, and Everything you wanted to know about the new Chromium based Microsoft Edge
Jan 21, 2020
FSCast 178 - A visit with Brian Hartgen, creator of J-Say, Leasey and other JAWS scripts
Dec 11, 2019
FSCast 177, archive of the November 2019 FSOpenLine
Nov 25, 2019
FSCast 176 - The 2020 versions of JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion release at the end of October, a JAWS Power Tip, and things you might not know about our free product training.
Oct 25, 2019
FSCast 175, archive of the September 2019 FSOpenLine
Sep 25, 2019
FSCast 174 - Eric Damery previews the first JAWS 2020 public beta, and retired Superior Court Judge David Szumowski previews his new autobiography "Reach for More."
Sep 16, 2019
FSCast 173: Software updates Release August 6, John Gassman wins Disney's highest award, and a new book about formatting Word documents using a screen reader
Aug 05, 2019
FSCast 172, Archive of the June 2019 FSOpenLine
Jul 02, 2019
FSCast 171 - Product discounts at the U.S. summer shows, a JAWS byte, and news of the Freedom Scientific APH partnership
Jun 25, 2019
FSCast 170 - Product Specials for attendees of the July National Conventions for both NFB and ACB, What's new in April Software Updates, And News About American Blind Golf
May 14, 2019
FSCast 169 - Interviews from the 2019 CSUN Technology Conference
Apr 09, 2019
FSCast 168, archive of the March 2019 FSOpenLine
Apr 01, 2019
FSCast 167 - Podcast transcripts, CSUN technology conference history, and previews of features coming in the March updates of JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion
Mar 08, 2019
FSCast 166 - Streamlined installation of Vocalizer Expressive voices, new sounds in Word and Outlook to indicate spelling errors, and the Freedom Scientific CSUN presentation schedule
Feb 05, 2019
FSCast 165 - A JAWS Byte from Beta Manager Rosemary Kleske, stories from director of Beyond Vision Loss Elly Du Pre, and the tenacity of Desert Storm veteran George Tice
Jan 16, 2019
FSCast 164 - Archive of December 2018 FSOpenLine
Dec 17, 2018
FSCast 163, New Hosts John and Larry Gassman Introduce themselves, Eric Damery discusses December Updates, and Gassmans chat with Curtis Chong, innovator and Accessible Technology pioneer
Dec 06, 2018
FSCast 162, Hal Knight with stories from his broadcast radio career, and Rob Santello talks ham radio accessibility
Nov 08, 2018
FSCast 161, archive of the October 2018 FSOpenLine
Oct 29, 2018
FSCast 160, what's new in JAWS 2019 beta 2, a demonstration of our new Home Annual licensing portal for US customers, and Jonathan Mosen says goodbye
Oct 03, 2018
FSCast 159, archive of the September 2018 FSOpenLine
Sep 28, 2018
FSCast 158, Eric Damery unveils JAWS 2019, Stuart Lawler talks Sight and Sounds expansion to Ireland
Sep 16, 2018
FSCast157, archive of the August 2018 FSOpenLine
Aug 31, 2018
FSCast 156, announcing FSOpenLine, JAWS support for Skype 8, scholarship winner Kenia Flores, and we here again from Cricket Bidleman
Aug 23, 2018
FSCast155, new software releases, listener comments, and an extended interview with Isaac Lidsky
Jul 21, 2018
FSCast154, convention information and specials, Sight Village Central and specials, Focus Blue scratchpad and book reader, and a chat with our partners at Nuance
Jun 20, 2018
FSCast 153 US national conventions, May software updates, listener feedback, Mark Nelson from Digital Apex, Douglas Gerry
May 17, 2018